{"id":52803,"date":"2023-09-17T16:58:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T16:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/wenger-crashes-out-as-crawford-reaches-rwanda-open-m25-final"},"modified":"2023-09-17T17:18:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T17:18:28","slug":"wenger-crashes-out-as-crawford-reaches-rwanda-open-m25-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/wenger-crashes-out-as-crawford-reaches-rwanda-open-m25-final","title":{"rendered":"Wenger crashes out as Crawford reaches Rwanda Open M25 final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexis Kayinamura<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Swiss Damien Wenger crashed out Rwanda Open M25 Week II after a 6-4 6-1 shock semifinal defeat to French Corentin Denolly on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The week II of Rwanda Open M25 started on Monday, September 11, and concludes this Sunday, September 17 at Kigali Ecology Tennis Club.<\/p>\n

Wenger won the first week of the tournament after defeating Oliver Crawford in the final and he was primed to win the second week. However, his hopes of defending his glory came to a shocking end as he fell to a 4-6, 2-6 defeat to Denolly.<\/p>\n

Denolly and Wenger were teammates in the tournament doubles. They won the first week tournament before American Nicholas Bybel and Ukrainian Eric Vanshelboim beat them in the semifinal of the second week.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Week I finalist Crawford qualified for the final again following a dominant 6-1 6-0 win over Burundian Orly Guy Iradukunda.<\/p>\n

The tournament\u2019s top seed will be looking clinch his first ever Rwanda Open M25 trophy in an interesting game against Denolly.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Bybel and Vanshelboim were crowned Rwanda Open M25 doubles champions after beating Indian duo Dev Prajwal and Ishaque Eqbal<\/p>\n

65-7 7-67 10-7 in Saturday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

On top of the trophy, they walked away with a cash prize of $1,550.<\/p>\n

The overall winner of the tournament\u2019s singles gets 25 points on top of a cash prize of $3,600.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alexis Kayinamura Africa-Press – Rwanda. Swiss Damien Wenger crashed out Rwanda Open M25 Week II after a 6-4 6-1 shock semifinal defeat to French Corentin Denolly on Saturday. The week II of Rwanda Open M25 started on Monday, September 11, and concludes this Sunday, September 17 at Kigali Ecology Tennis Club. 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